AP: Former Southern Union head agrees to plea deal in system probe
Former Southern Union State Community College President Joanne Jordan has agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice for lying to a grand jury probing Alabama’s two-year college system, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.
U.S. Attorney Alice Martin in Birmingham said Jordan, 66, of Ashland admits giving false testimony and also has agreed to plead guilty to a state ethics charge related to the federal charge.
The federal obstruction charge could bring a penalty of no more than 10 years in prison and fines of $250,000, or both. She will enter a formal plea later.
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